Be the Extreme MMA Fighter of your Time

Being a professional athlete demonstrates how individuals who put the functionalism of their bodies into good use would result into. There are more attributes that an athlete should possess beyond strength, speed and stamina. Aside from those three mentioned, a best athlete must have greater conditioning through power, quickness, muscular and cardiovascular endurance, agility, balance, coordination and flexibility.
There are different types of athletes, based on the sport they excel at. We have football players who have tremendous power, quickness, agility and coordination, but lack conditioning that runners possess. On the other hand, we have marathon runners who have overpowering endurance, stamina, balance and speed, but don't put force and supremacy into play.

So which sport qualifies as the most complete athlete?

Mixed martial arts athletes not only have the mental hardiness to get inside a cage and put a serious hurting on their challenger across the cage, but have all the physical attributes to back up their fighting skills. Believe it or not, even the smallest fighters can pack a lot of power with a awkward frame. Plus, there are more factors to consider that makes this athletes the best bodies in the world.

Stamina is working at the same rate for a long time, it is simply working as long as you can. Without stamina, you will get your ass lash out by your challenger. While you slow down, the other men would in all probability be trying to hit you with the same capacity of punches that he was working on for the past round. And since most fights are a war of attrition, it would best if you could rely on your second wind and try to live longer than your opponent, and yourself. And without muscular endurance, your arms will tire out during submission holds wherein your opponent refuses to submit, which makes it a big risk for you once the hold has been released, and your arms are as good as a vegetable.

As far as speed goes, this fighters undergo a series of sprints as part of their training, to develop leg power. A slow fighter might be as good as dead of a fighter. And speaking of power, those explosive take downs, kicks and punches fighters do have the highest amount of power ever recorded. If you don't believe it, ask a heavyweight bodybuilder to punch a heavy bag, and compare his stats to a heavyweight fighter. Not because you counter press more than the other doesn't mean you hit harder.